Snowslide vs. Avalanche

Snowslide vs. Avalanche — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Snowslide and Avalanche

Snowslidenoun

An avalanche of snow

Avalanchenoun

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

Avalanchenoun

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

Avalanchenoun

(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.

Avalancheverb

(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.

Avalancheverb

(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.

The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
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Avalancheverb

(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.

Avalanchenoun

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

Avalanchenoun

a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things;

the program brought an avalanche of mail

Avalancheverb

of snow masses in the mountains